Japan has consistently been pursuing the goal of a permanent UN Security Council seat for 30 years. The book investigates the motives for this ambition, and how it has been pursued domestically and internationally. It is therefore a study of the inner workings of the Japanese Foreign Ministry as well as of the country's underdeveloped multinational diplomacy.

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REINHARD DRIFTE is Professor and Chair of Japanese Studies, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle and was Director of the Newcastle East Asia Centre from 1989-96.

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List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction The Security Council Issue in Japan's UN Policy 1956-89 Japan's Multilateral Record and the Rationale for the Bid Gathering Support at the Domestic and International Level Japan's Participation in the Working Group on Security Council Reform Index